TY - BOOK AU - Bartsch,William H. ED - Project Muse. TI - Victory fever on Guadalcanal: Japan's first land defeat of World War II T2 - Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series SN - 9781623492205 AV - D767.98 .B37 2014 U1 - 940.54/265933 23 PY - 2014/// CY - College Station PB - Texas A&M University Press KW - Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; "You shitheads are here to learn to fight!" -- "Vandegrift, I have some very disconcerting news" -- "I'm beginning to doubt whether there's a Jap on the whole damned island" -- "May I retake Tulagi too?" -- "The bastards are in the trees!" -- "Was this going to be the real test?" -- "F--k Babe Ruth!" -- "Crying, praying, and cursing all at the same time" -- "Goddamn, they got me in the eyes!" -- "We aren't going to let those people lay up there all day" -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Officers, 1st Marine Regiment, Combat Group B (Reinforced), Tenaru River Subsector -- Appendix B. Officers, 1st Marine Regiment, Combat Group B (Reinforced), South Subsector -- Appendix C. US Marine casualties, Battle of the Tenaru, August 21, 1942 -- Appendix D. Officers and staff, First Echelon, Ichiki Detachment UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781623492205/ ER -